Patents Assigned to Deluxe Media Inc.
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Patent number: 11910050Abstract: A master recording session at a server computer corresponds to a video content stored in memory accessible by the server computer. A first device and a second device are provided access to the master recording session and the master recording session is updated responsive to receipt of an update from the first device, where the update reflects initiation of playback of the video content at a time stamp corresponding to the timeline of the video content and includes an audio input configuration for the second device. The update is provided to the second device and an audio recording is received from the second device corresponding to a portion of the video content from the time stamp, where the audio recording is recorded by the second device using the implemented audio input configuration for the second device.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DELUXE MEDIA INC.Inventors: Andriy Marchuk, Gregory J. Taieb, Igor Skakovskyi, Stefan Lazarevic, Nasik Shafeek
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Patent number: 11818186Abstract: A system and method for generating a compilation audio clip is disclosed. The method may include providing access to a master recording session to a first device corresponding to a first user and a second device corresponding to a second user, where the first device and the second device are in different physical locations, initiating a playback of a video content at the first and at the second device, actuating a first microphone coupled to the first device to record a first audio clip, where the actuation is synchronized to the playback of the video content, actuating a second microphone coupled to the second device to record a second audio clip, where the actuation is synchronized to the playback of the video content, receiving the first audio clip from the first device and the second audio clip from the second device, and generating a compilation audio clip including audio from the first audio clip and audio from the second audio clip, where the compilation audio clip is synchronized to the video content.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: DELUXE MEDIA INC.Inventors: Andriy Marchuk, Gregory J. Taieb, Igor Skakovskyi, Stefan Lazarevic, Nasik Shafeek
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Patent number: 11611609Abstract: A method for editing a remote audio recording session is disclosed. The method may be performed by a server computer connected to a plurality of user computers over a communication network. The method may include receiving instructions from a first computer to edit an attribute of a first proxy audio file of a high-quality audio file at a timestamp synchronized with at least one frame of the first video clip. The method may further include merging the edit of the attribute into the high-quality audio file of the master recording session using the instructions from the first computer to edit the attribute. The method may further include transmitting the instructions received from the first computer to the second computer to edit the attribute such the second computer renders a second proxy audio file of the high-quality audio file stored in local memory of the second computer with the edit of the attribute.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: DELUXE MEDIA INC.Inventors: Andriy Marchuk, Gregory J. Taieb, Igor Skakovskyi, Nasik Shafeek, Serhii Brezetskyi, Stefan Lazarevic
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Patent number: 11137966Abstract: The present embodiments provide methods and systems to playback and customize the playback of content relative to the portable storage medium. Some of these methods identify content to be rendered, through a playback device, in association with a first portable storage medium; identify one or more customizable display parameters to be applied in displaying the identified content; receive a first definition, following the identification of the customizable display parameters, for at least a first customizable display parameter of the one or more customizable display parameters; and cause the first definition for the first customizable display parameter to be stored on the playback device in association with the first customizable display parameter such that the first definition is to be applied by the playback device in rendering the content relative to the first customizable display parameter.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: DELUXE MEDIA INC.Inventors: Babak Kazerouni, Sherry Kao
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Patent number: 10049704Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems and/or methods of managing content in providing a playback experience associated with a portable storage medium by detecting access to a first portable storage medium with multimedia content recorded on the first portable storage medium; evaluating content on the first portable storage medium; evaluating local memory of the multimedia playback device; determining, in response to the evaluation of the content on the first portable storage medium and the evaluation of the local memory, whether memory on the local memory needs to be freed up in implementing playback of multimedia content in association with the first portable storage medium; and moving one or more contents stored on the local memory of the multimedia playback device to a virtual storage accessible by the multimedia playback device over a distributed network in response to determining that memory on the local memory needs to be freed up.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Robert Seidel, Allan Lamkin
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Patent number: 9996891Abstract: A digital watermarking system and method are disclosed. In one respect, the disclosed digital watermarking includes generating an extracted signal by applying a watermark extractor to an original image, generating a mixed signal by mixing the first signal with a periodic watermark signal using a local weighting factor for the periodic watermark signal that attenuates a strength of the watermark signal in proportion to a pixel luminance level, and replacing the extracted signal in the original image with the mixed signal to generate a marked image, wherein the watermark signal is extractable from the marked image using the watermark extractor.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Ruopeng Wang, Joel Bigley
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Patent number: 9979735Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for securely transferring digital data from a first repository to a second repository are disclosed. Per at least one embodiment, a second repository is identified with a human recognizable identifier and an internal identifier associated with such second repository is determined. When a data transfer is desired, a work order associating the data to be transferred and identifying the second repository based on each of the human identifier and the internal identifier is generated. Such work order is utilized by a data port device to open normally closed communications port to accomplish the transfer of the data to the second repository when the identity of such second repository is confirmed by the data port device. A data integrity check confirms that only the designated to be transferred data was actually transferred to the second repository designated in the work order.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 22, 2018Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Chris Pulis, Ruopeng Wang, Joel Bigley
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Publication number: 20170324753Abstract: Methods, systems and devices for securely transferring digital data from a first repository to a second repository are disclosed. Per at least one embodiment, a second repository is identified with a human recognizable identifier and an internal identifier associated with such second repository is determined. When a data transfer is desired, a work order associating the data to be transferred and identifying the second repository based on each of the human identifier and the internal identifier is generated. Such work order is utilized by a data port device to open normally closed communications port to accomplish the transfer of the data to the second repository when the identity of such second repository is confirmed by the data port device. A data integrity check confirms that only the designated to be transferred data was actually transferred to the second repository designated in the work order.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2016Publication date: November 9, 2017Applicant: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Chris Pulis, Ruopeng Wang, Joel Bigley
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Patent number: 9788048Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2014Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Todd Collart, Allan Lamkin
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Publication number: 20160364826Abstract: A digital watermarking system and method are disclosed. In one respect, the disclosed digital watermarking includes generating an extracted signal by applying a watermark extractor to an original image, generating a mixed signal by mixing the first signal with a periodic watermark signal using a local weighing factor for the periodic watermark signal that attenuates a strength of the watermark signal in proportion to a pixel luminance level, and replacing the extracted signal in the original image with the mixed signal to generate a marked image, wherein the watermark signal is extractable from the marked image using the watermark extractor.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Applicant: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Ruopeng Wang, Joel BIGLEY
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Patent number: 8880714Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2013Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Todd Collart, Allan Lamkin
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Patent number: 8842967Abstract: The present embodiments methods and systems for use in providing supplemental content to be played back with a portable storage medium through a playback device that conforms to a fixed length content framework, by receive request for supplemental content from a playback device; identifying the supplemental content; retrieve supplemental content; accessing a predefined clip template defined prior to receiving the request; processing the supplemental content and generating a plurality of clips of supplemental content that have a playback length that is a fraction of a playback length of the supplemental content; and forward supplemental content clips to the requesting playback device.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Jeff McDermott, Bruce Randall, Sherry Kao
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Patent number: 8842970Abstract: Some embodiments provide methods of playing back multimedia content relative to a portable storage medium to detect, at a playback device, an initial access to a portable storage medium; request pre-roll content corresponding to content recorded on the portable storage medium; and disguise the requesting of the pre-roll content and receiving of the pre-roll content such that a user of the playback device does not experience a delay in playback of content while the pre-roll content is being received, wherein the disguising comprises: playing back disguise content, locally accessible by the playback device, while requesting and receiving the pre-roll content at the playback device; and halting playback of the disguise content and initiating playback of the pre-roll content received from the remote source such that the user of the playback device does not perceive a delay associated with obtaining the pre-roll content from the remote source.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventor: Bruce Randall
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Patent number: 8799395Abstract: Some embodiments provide systems and/or methods of managing content in providing a playback experience associated with a portable storage medium by detecting access to a first portable storage medium with multimedia content recorded on the first portable storage medium; evaluating content on the first portable storage medium; evaluating local memory of the multimedia playback device; determining, in response to the evaluation of the content on the first portable storage medium and the evaluation of the local memory, whether memory on the local memory needs to be freed up in implementing playback of multimedia content in association with the first portable storage medium; and moving one or more contents stored on the local memory of the multimedia playback device to a virtual storage accessible by the multimedia playback device over a distributed network in response to determining that memory on the local memory needs to be freed up.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Robert Seidel, Allan Lamkin
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Patent number: 8782262Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Todd Collart, Allan Lamkin
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Patent number: 8775647Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for use in playing back content. Some of these methods access a content package comprising media content to be locally played back; detect, as defined by the content package, whether a remote secondary device is available with which a connection can be established; determine whether an authorization to establish the connection has been confirmed; establish, when the authorization is confirmed, a communication connection; determine, as instructed by the content package and when the communication with the secondary device is established, whether one or more commands are received from the secondary device; and implement, as instructed by the content package and when it is determined that the one or more commands are received from the secondary device, the one or more commands in controlling playback experience of the media content.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: Todd Collart, Allan Lamkin
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Patent number: 8700193Abstract: A guide start location is located in a guide segment of a guide track. The guide segment has a segment length. A part start location of a part corresponding to the guide start location is located. N phase correlations are performed between N successively overlapped part segments of the part from the part start location and the guide segment from the guide start location within a first interval. Each of the N successively overlapped part segments has the segment length. A best match is determined from the N phase correlations using a match threshold. The best match provides a first offset.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Deluxe Media Inc.Inventors: David Eugene Holland, Morgan Erasmus Holly